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Re: stage 3 error : bash: missing-objcopy: command not found


On 10/21/2013 04:33 PM, Dennis Clarke wrote:
> 
> 
> On 10/21/13, Andrew Haley  wrote:
>> On 10/21/2013 02:32 PM, Dennis Clarke wrote:
>>> what is this "missing-objcopy" ? anybody have a notion on that one ? 
>>
>> objcopy wasn't found. If you re-run configure you'll see it.
> 
> This is a Solaris server and objcopy is part of Linux binutils, not
> part of Solaris ( SVR4 UNIX based ). 
> 
> I see here : 
> 
>  http://gcc.gnu.org/install/prerequisites.html
> 
>  GNU binutils Necessary in some circumstances, optional in others. See 
>  the
> host/target specific instructions for your platform for 
>  the exact
> requirements. 
> 
> I check here : http://gcc.gnu.org/install/specific.html
> 
>  Where I see no mention of a need for binutils to compile "go". 
> 
> We probably need to update that page. 

Looks like it.

> However, having said that I do have : 
> 
> $ /usr/local/bin/gobjcopy --version 
> GNU objcopy (GNU Binutils) 2.23.1
> Copyright 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> This program is free software; you may redistribute it under the terms of
> the GNU General Public License version 3 or (at your option) any later version.
> This program has absolutely no warranty.
> 
> So it looks like I need a silly environment variable such as OBJCOPY which 
> points to the GNU binutils in /usr/local/bin. Which I otherwise do not use.

Or just add /usr/local/bin to your path, and all will be well.

Andrew.



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